TEAM TALK
- Game Preview: Patriots at Bills.
- Week 8: Patriots - Bills connections.
- Roster transactions: Patriots trade TE AJ Derby to Denver; Sign Shamiel Gary to the practice squad.
- Paul Perillo tackles this week's Ask PFW Mailbag: Rowe's emergence, trade deadline and more.
- Conference Call Transcripts: Bill Belichick - Matt Patricia and Josh McDaniels.
LOCAL LINKS
- Christopher Price tells us how LB Kyle Van Noy will fit with the Patriots.
- Mike Reiss discusses the trade for LB Kyle Van Noy with Lions reporter Michael Rothstein, who suggests the new scheme might bring out the best in him.
- Mike Reiss calls the trade with a top team in the AFC 'rare', but A.J. Derby made enough plays to entice the Broncos to deal a 5th round pick for him.
- Doug Moore talks about the two trades made by the Patriots Tuesday.
- Mike Reiss compares the trade for Kyle Van Noy to the 2014 trade for Akeem Ayers.
- Ian Logue (PatsFans) Reaction to the Derby trade: Absolutely puzzling move by Belichick.
- Mike Giardi tells us exactly how fast Tom Brady's release time was on Sunday. "Not like Cleveland. No. But still pretty flippin' quick."
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Patriots film review: Good execution in Pittsburgh win.
- Evan Lazar talks up how LeGarrette Blount, along with the return of Dante Scarnecchia, has rejuvenated an anemic rushing attack last season.
- Mike Reiss says LeGarrette Blount is having a blast, and it shows.
- Michael Hurley emphasizes how LeGarrette Blount's performance in Pittsburgh makes the Patriots' offense doubly difficult to stop.
- Ryan Hannable notes Rob Gronkowski has always been a team captain, just without the title.
- Tom E. Curran finds that there hasn't been a whole lot of talk about Marcus Cannon this season, and that's a good thing.
- Henry McKenna (Patriots Wire) Why the Patriots chose not to rush Landry Jones.
- Mike Reiss points out how after early-season play raised red flags, the Patriots defense has been putting up more resistance inside the 20-yard line in recent games.
- Karen Guregian wants to see the Patriots defense live up to the preseason hype, and go from good to elite.
- Danny Cox profiles the Buffalo Bills, who are coming off a loss but still dangerous.
- Steve Balestrieri (PatsFans) Five first impressions of the Bills: Bills are coming in banged up.
- Adam Magnacca (PatsPropaganda) Week 8 Scouting Report: Buffalo Bills.
- Zack Cox notes that both the Patriots' offense and defense are focused on turnovers this week.
- Mike Petraglia looks at whether the Patriots will be able to slow LeSean McCoy, now that Rob Ninkovich is back.
- Steve Buckley hopes Rex Ryan keeps his coaching Job, not for the X's and O's, but for the LOLs.
- Phil Perry notes Bill Belichick doesn't rule out the possibility of Dion Lewis practicing this week.
- Karen Guregian Patriots Notebook: Trade brings in linebacker Kyle Van Noy from Detroit; This might be the week we see Dion Lewis or Tre'Jackson back at practice; More.
- Doug Kyed tells us how Matthew Slater's teammates came out in droves to support his Hurricane charity event last night.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Kerry Byrne (Football Nation) These Patriots stats will blow your bleeping mind.
- Matt Chatham (Football by Football) No guts, no glory: Inside the Patriots run game rebirth. (2.21 min. video)
- Jeff Dooley (Washington Post) Tom Brady, two Panthers rank among NFL’s 10 best players this season.
- Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks* (NFL.com) The top 5 arms in the NFL. (2.33 min. video) No. 4 Tom Brady.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Patriots trade A.J. Derby to Broncos.
- Andre Vergara (Fox Sports) Steelers respond to teammate's accusation that defense quit vs. Pats.
- NFL Nation (ESPN) Potential trade targets for every NFL team.
- Cameron DaSilva (Fox Sports) 5 trades NFL teams should make before next week's deadline.
- Tyler Sullivan (247 Sports) Patriots resign DT Anthony Johnson to practice squad.
- Kevin McGuire (The Comeback) Rob Gronkowski goes undercover as a Lyft driver.
- Vic Carucci (Buffalo News) Take five: Blount isn't Ajayi & Bills must keep it that way.
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) The Debrief, Week 8: Best game of the year; Jay Ajayi rolls.
- Mike Freeman (Bleacher Report) 10-Point stance: 2. Adam Silver vs. Roger Goodell.
- Chase Stewart (FiveThirtyEight) There are no great NFL teams this year.
- Jeff Smith (Today's Pigskin) Patriots are elite, but are still dealing in order to improve in the future.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Does diminished quality come from reduced practice time?
- Peter King (The MMQB) Josh Brown saga: Kicker, Giants, NFL all share blame; MMQB Mailbag.
- Cameron Martin (The Comeback) Projecting the NFL All-Decade Team at the halfway point.
- Robert Klemko (The MMQB) The little things in Denver: NFL teams always are on the hunt for any advantage they can gain. Denver feels like it found one in dedicating two full-time coaches to studying the tells of opposing players.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Poll: How should the NFL break a tie after OT?
- Andy Gray (SI) Q&A: John Madden discusses the Raiders move to Vegas, Tom Brady v. Peyton Manning and his classic Miller Lite ads.
- Alex Marvez (Sporting News) NFL looks to Canada for more ways to mine talent.
- Alex Marvez (Sporting News) Pro Bowl staying in Orlando for now, NFL says; Brazil and Australia must wait.
DUMPSTER DIVE
- DJ Gallo (The Guardian) Roger Goodell's incompetent NFL reign is as rock solid as ever.
- Andrew Ziperski (Stanford Daily) Enough is enough — it’s time for a new NFL commissioner.
- Andrew Brandt (The MMQB) The chain of responsibility in the Josh Brown debacle.
- Pat Imig (Sporting News) Fumbling of Josh Brown case reeks of corporate cronyism by NFL, owners.